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    Happy Birthday, Nikola Tesla!

    Omega Recoil Makes Art With Tesla Coils

    British Boy Embarks On "Electric Shock Free-For-All" With Bulgarian Stun Gun

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    Image of the_Sleepwalker the_Sleepwalker
    07/10/09

    In reply to Happy Birthday, Nikola Tesla!
    David Bowie says thank you on Nikola's behalf.

    http://www.allmoviephoto.com/photo/2006_the_prestige_004.html
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    Image of Magicant Magicant
    07/10/09

    In reply to Happy Birthday, Nikola Tesla!
    "Stuff you should know" did a nice podcast on Tesla not long ago. Never knew how big his contribution to the world was, since Edison gets all the press. Article below:

    http://science.howstuffworks.com/nikola-tesla.htm
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    07/10/09

    In reply to Happy Birthday, Nikola Tesla!
    too bad his wireless power tech got canned because nobody could figure out how to charge money for it. had he been more properly funded, i have no doubt we really would have flying cars by now.
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    Image of Killjoy Killjoy
    07/10/09

    @nutbastard: I'd say you're right about that - his flying car concept was later proven to work.
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    Image of GodfreyOriole GodfreyOriole
    07/10/09

    In reply to Happy Birthday, Nikola Tesla!
    I live on long island and one of his buildings stilll stands.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wardenclyffe_Tower

    Its pretty cool . The are trying to make a museum out of it.

    Thoe tower is not there but the building still is.

    Its so cool how tesla, edison, and Marconi where all doing some cool things in the nyc, long island area.
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    07/10/09

    In reply to Happy Birthday, Nikola Tesla!
    Thank you for the Tesla Coil, it sure made Red Alert 100x easier to beat.
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    Image of 32ndnote 32ndnote
    07/10/09

    In reply to Happy Birthday, Nikola Tesla!
    Nikola, I salute you, your people, and your country.
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    Image of jmposvip jmposvip
    07/11/09

    @32ndnote: Nikola Tesla is from Croatia...you got the wrong flag....
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    Image of 32ndnote 32ndnote
    07/11/09

    @jmposvip: Actually, when he was born, it was still Serbia. (source: nerdy Serbian girlfriend) It's now modern Croatia. All those Slovak nations have gotten pretty messed up since the mid 1800s.
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    Image of jmposvip jmposvip
    07/13/09

    @32ndnote: Actually,when he was born,it wasn't Serbia,it was Yugoslavia.Serbia,Croatia and other country's where part of Yugoslavia.Nikola Tesla was from Croatia.Your girlfriend should really read a history book.
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    Image of Nick Nick
    07/10/09

    In reply to Happy Birthday, Nikola Tesla!
    i think Janet Jackson said it best with: What have you done for me lately?

    ooooohh ooohh oooh yea.
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    Image of Darrone Darrone
    07/10/09

    In reply to Happy Birthday, Nikola Tesla!
    I'm pretty sure if he played 5 minutes of Red Alert, he's throw up. Not sure where he stands on "The Prestige" though.. Good movie.
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    Image of Bertone77 Bertone77
    07/10/09

    In reply to Happy Birthday, Nikola Tesla!
    Happy B-Day! If you have some time this is a great video about the man:
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    Image of Shindokie Shindokie
    06/18/09

    In reply to Omega Recoil Makes Art With Tesla Coils
    The song they are playing is Hikari by Utada Hikaru... or the person who wrote it. Nice electricity!
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    Image of CatboyMac's angry girlfriend CatboyMac's angry girlfriend
    06/18/09

    In reply to Omega Recoil Makes Art With Tesla Coils
    I don't know how Tesla got away with stealing so many of his inventions from Edison.
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    Image of Joey Joe Joe Junior Shabadoo Joey Joe Joe Junior Shabadoo
    06/18/09

    @CatboyMac's angry girlfriend: I thought it was the other way around.
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    Image of InvaderPhlegm InvaderPhlegm
    06/19/09

    @Joey Joe Joe Junior Shabadoo: It is the other way around. CatboyMac's angry girlfriend is just being funny.
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